The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

months ago. then tired OF her ana procuIeu d
divorce, and, finally, married the girls widowed
mother.
IT Is SAID that in every hotel and boarding
house in Russia where foreigners are received,
some person in the establishment is required,
under penalty of heavy fine, to act as spy
over the guests and to report to the government
officials the results of such surveillance.
An English experimenter finds that, contrary
to general opinion, a growth ofivy over house
renders the interior entirely free from moisture
The ivy extracts every particle of moisture
from wood, brick or stone for its own suosls-
tence, by means Of the tiny roots, which work
their way even into the hardest stone.
CHINAMEN in rival Sunday schools in Chicago
have organized base bali mines and will contest
upon the diamond One nine, when ready for
business, will stand about as follows: Hip Lung,
left field; Sing Lee, right field; Hung Wah,
centre field Wung Hing, first base; Sing Hucn,
second base; Gwong Lee, third base; Hong sing
Long, short stop; Hong Shing, pitcher, and
Kong Sing catcher.
The Garfield monument at Cleveland, o., will
not be completed for two years more The ex-
terror will reach completion this summer, but it
will take long time to perfect the interior
decorations. The body of President Garfield
will remain in the receiving vault OF the GENE
terry until the monument is completed. me
dedication ceremonies will not take place inside
OF two years. No arrangements have yet been
made for that event, and the question as
to who the orators will be has not been consld-
cred.
A NEW VARIETY of pressed brick, made Of ashes
and cinders, is now being manufactured in San
Francisco. Says the Examiner of that city,:
1.-THE result is q brick of unusual solidity, hand
some in appearance, of a most durable charac-
ter and made entirely without burning or hak-
ing. All manner of experiments have been tried
with the bricks in the way of subJectlng them
fnlxy hon
any injurious effect. The best quality have even
been boiled for hours, without cracking or show
ing any signs of dissolving."
On April 26 handsome young woman re-
signed her clerkship in the Navy Department
and was married. She was, according to GUS
tom, entitled to full pay for month succeeding
the 26th and leave of absence. Secretary Whit
ney, having received cards of invitation TO the
wedding, had his attention called to the case.
Having changed her name, was the young
woman entitled TO pay after her marriage2 Sec
retary Whitney has just decided that she was
not and that she owes the government S11, sal
airy from April 26 to 80. His decision is severely
centured in Washington.
THEODORE Triton is in Paris. 81 am, just
now,' he said the other day to a correspondent
of the Pittsburg Dispatch, giving the last
touches to a manuscript that will eventually
form my third volume of poems. 1t will appear
in due season. / always carry one Of my rhymes
with me- and in a cafe, street car or concert an
improvement often occurs to me which | make
forthwith. For instance, here is q ballad based
on the Magma Charta episode in English history.
have had it here in my pocket all winter, and
it is now quite ready for the printer. Poetizing
is, therefore. one Of my chief, and perhaps I
may say one of my most agreeable, occupations
in this beautiful and inspiring city"
FIELD MARSHAL ARCHDUKE ALBERT of Austria,
who has just completed his sixtieth year of
military service, is familiar figure to all the
Viennese. He is to be seen daily in the streets,
at the races, at reviews, at the opera, every
where, and is always greeted as a popular
favorite. He is short in stature, has snowwhite
hair and whiskers, wears spectacleS and has a
thoroughly jolly expression of countenance.
Even at Budah-Pesth there is much kindness
manifested toward him, though it is by no
means forgotten that he was Governor General
of Hungary from 1850 to 1860. 1t is a common
remark throughout the empire that had he been
in Benedek's place. Sadowa would not have
ended as it did.
SENATOR NYE, of Nevada, went to Secretary
Stanton one day to make petition for some
dead soldiers orphans 1t was in the darkest
days of the war. Stanton said: II have not
time, Mr.. Nye, to see what you want Sup
pose you take time Mr.. Secretary" You are
unreasonable, Mr.. Nye, in pressing such thing
at this time said Stanton. Permit me to say
that you are the unreasonable man." answered
Nye. IF you were not United States Senator
should say that you were very Impairment
said Stanton, haughtiy IF you were not a
great Secretary of War should be tempted to
| say you were making BANKED fool Of yourself, ="
replied the old Gray Eagle, with his eyes blazing.
Stanton looked at him moment and then,
softening, said: Maybe am, Jim, who knows?
| Come inside and tell me all about it," Now
| Ned, my boy, you are growing sensible, :" said
| Nye, and the business was quickly arranged.
AT Bayfield,, Mass, last week, Mrs. Newell
| Rogers, aged less than 16, gave birth to healthy
| male child, which makes six living generations.
| The line is as follows: Mrs Rhoda Kent, aged
| 81 years months, who buried her husband
James, last year, aged 95, the first generation;
| their eldest child, Mary who married Gould
and is now the widow of James Fee, aged 70
years, is the second; her son Joseph Gould, aged
about 81 years, the third; his son, Henry Gould
aged S8, the fourth; his daughter Eta, who
married Newell Rogers aged Is years and
| months, the fifth and the baby born last Mon
day, not yet named, the sixth. These facts are
attested to by host of reliable witnesses,
among whom are DE- R. B. Root, the Physician
who attended the delivery of the sixth repre-
sentative. Town Clerk Frank L. Ferguson of
Ncwbury; Mr.. James Kent aged n, son of the
venerable Rhoda and younger brother of
Mary, the second in the line, and others. The
group of six generations will be photographed.
A New YORK CORRESPONDENT. writing of DO
lice surveillance of thieves, tells this story: A
neatly dressed, rather substantial looking man
of middle age, sends in his card to Inspector
Byrnes at police headquarters. The name on
the card is that of burglar, better known by
an alias, say Red Leary," for instance. well
what do you want?n Mr.. Byrnes asks gruffiy
He has an especial tone for men of that class
and it is tone that forbids familiarity and sug.
gests mastery, a very different tone from the
quiet and easy one he has for his friends 81
would like to be in Wall street fifteen minutes
tomorrow, Inspector" says the burglar II
want to see about a personal matter" II will
have one OF my corps meet you at Broad and
wall at noon sharp" says the Inspector The
burglar thanked the official for il Is a favor to
such man even to be allowed to go to the
money centre with q detective at his shoulder
all the time he is there. To go without this per
mission and escort means certainty of being
arrested and locked up.
THE bronze statue of voltaire, recently set I'D
in the Rue Drouot Paris has an interesting his
tory. 1t was made by NJ. Emile Lambert, who
owns and dwells in the famous chateau Of Fer
nay. NJ. Lambert made it from q pastel by
Latour, which represented the philosopher in the
bloom OF early manhood, and not, as usual in
weakened age Having exhibited the work at
the Salon, he intended to keep it in his garden
at Fernay, but his friends persuaded him to give
II TO the city OF Paris. Il shows the young phi
losopher with his head well thrown back and a
smile on his face, while his dress is richly en-
broidered after the court pattern of the period
by his side be carries a sword and in one hand a
copy or the Henriade. On the marble base of the
statue there are two has reliefs, one represent
ing Voltaire also as young man, reading one
OF his poems in the house of Ninon de l'Enclos
and the other showing him in his old age dis